It is day 11 of the COVID-19-coronavirus pandemic lockdown in Denmark. I can feel my head spacing out. My palms are sweaty, and my breath is quickening. I close my…

My mother’s selfless love and resilience helped me navigate through insurmountable obstacles. She was, and still, my greatest cheerleader. My mum’s greatest fear was that I would end up getting trapped in the hamster wheel of poverty and violence. She wanted me to break the cycle.

Shea butter is becoming synonymous with creating childhood memories, the same way vaseline was for me as a child when my mum would slather me with petroleum jelly. The effects…

Githeri in Peanut Curry Githeri is a plant-based meal of corn and beans (often kidney beans) boiled together. A staple food in Kenya, this meal has fed millions of Kenyans…

Growing up my family didn’t have a lot of money, we had enough never to go hungry. I recall with great fondness the days my mum treated me to the…